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Aaron Boone officially announced his retirement from baseball on Tuesday.

Boone will pursue a broadcasting career with ESPN's "Baseball Tonight." The 36-year-old will finish with a .263/.326/.425 career batting line, 126 home runs and 555 RBI. He played 12 major league seasons. Tue, Feb 23, 2010 11:15:00 AM

According to USA Today's Bob Nightengale, 36-year-old infielder Aaron Boone is likely to announce his retirement this winter.

Boone made a brave return just five months after open-heart surgery this season, but isn't much of a baseball player at this point in his career. He batted just .154 in 26 at-bats near the end of '09 while navigating the Astros' farm system and didn't manage a hit in 13 at-bats once promoted to the major league level. As it stands, he's a .263/.326/.425 career hitter with 126 home runs and 555 RBI over 12 seasons. Wed, Oct 14, 2009 11:06:00 AM

Just five months after open-heart surgery, Boone is back in the bigs. He batted .154 in 26 at-bats between Double-A Corpus Christi and Triple-A Round Rock. Boone hasn't been promised a specific role on the team by manager Cecil Cooper, but he could start against southpaw Ted Lilly on Wednesday. Tue, Sep 1, 2009 01:26:00 PM

The Astros confirmed Friday that Aaron Boone (open-heart surgery) will return to the club on September 1.

Boone has proven his health with an extended rehab assignment and is raring to get back to the bigs. He'll get his chance Tuesday. "Not that I didn't have an appreciation of it before," said the veteran, "but now I have a real appreciation for what it's like to play at the elite Major League level." He'll be a platoon player and isn't likely to hold much fantasy value. Sat, Aug 29, 2009 01:47:00 AM

Keuchel, who won his third straight Gold Glove on Tuesday, didn't pitch after August 27 due to left shoulder inflammation. He's been working on strengthening his shoulder and will go for an MRI later this month. If he gets good news, he's hoping to be considered to pitch for Team USA in the upcoming World Baseball Classic. Keuchel will be aiming to rebound in 2017 after he posted a disappointing 4.55 ERA and 1.29 WHIP over 26 starts.

Lance McCullers' agent, Scott Boras, said that there has been no medical indication that his client's elbow injury will have an effect on the 2017 season.

"There's nothing from the doctors that we've heard that would suggest that there's going to be any problem for '17," Boras said. McCullers was forced out of action in early August due to a mild elbow sprain, one which kept him on the shelf for the remainder of the regular season. He did progress to throwing a bullpen session in late September, but the Astros ultimately decided it would be best for his long-term prospects not to push the issue. GM Jeff Luhnow has said that he expects McCullers to be fully recovered by spring training.